Spectrum of an element (${\sigma }_A(a)$)

The spectrum of $a$ in a unital complex algebra $A$ isFor a nonunital algebra it is defined in the unitization of an algebra.

The resolvent is $R(\lambda ,a)=(\lambda 1-a{)}^{-1}$ on the complement of the spectrum of an element. In a Banach algebra it is analytic there.

If a closed unital subalgebra $A\subseteq B$ contains $x$, then ${\sigma }_A(x)$ is obtained from ${\sigma }_B(x)$ by adjoining some bounded connected components of its complement. Membership of $(x-\lambda 1{)}^{-1}$ in $A$ is constant on every connected component of the resolvent set, and it always holds on the unbounded component.

For $x$ in a unital Banach algebra and $f$ holomorphic near $\sigma (x)$, the holomorphic functional calculus defineswhere $\Gamma$ winds once around the spectrum. It is a continuous unital algebra homomorphism and satisfies the spectral mapping theorem $\sigma (f(x))=f(\sigma (x))$.

The full spectrum of an element is its spectrum together with every bounded component of its complement. Its complement is the unbounded resolvent component, and the maximum modulus principle controls a holomorphic function on each filled hole by its values on the spectral boundary.